Yasin Malik Sent To Judicial Custody Till May 24

April 25, 2019

New Delhi: A Delhi court on Wednesday sent Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) Chairman Yasin Malik to judicial custody till May 24 in connection with a case related to the funding of terror and separatist groups in the state. Presenting him before Additional Sessions Judge Rakesh Syal, Tihar Jail authorities pleaded that Malik should be presented before the court through video conference due to security reasons. The court has asked Malik’s counsel to file a reply on the Tihar Jail autorities’ application.

The NIA arrested Yasin Malik on April 10, in a terror funding case which the agency registered in May 2017 after violence erupted in the Kashmir Valley.